anderson



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheen? W. H. ANDERSON.

I STRAW STAGKER. No. 285,339. Patented Sept. 18, 1883.

WITNESSES. IJV V'EJVTOR.

PER

- 1? I inn Q I RNEY (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3..

W. H. ANDERSON. STRAW STAGKER. No. 285.339. t Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

WITNESSES.

iw/k wmu PER I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ANDERSON, OF ELIZABETHTOWN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR "OF ONE-HALF TOISAAC LINDLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

STRAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,339, datedSeptember 18, 188

a Application filed March 13, 1883. (N model.)

' of the town of Elizabethtown, county of Bartholomew, and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw-Stackers, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention consists, principally, in a sectional straw-stackerthe outer carrier of which may be extended to varying distances anddriven bythe same belt which drives the inner carrier without changingthe tension or location of the belt or necessarily stopping the machine.

It further consists in means by which the said outer carrier may beextended or withdrawn, and also in certain details of construction andarrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularlydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which the same letters of reference indicate the same orcorresponding parts, Figure 1 is aperspeotive view, showing my improvedstacker in operation; Fig. 2, a side elevation, on an e11- larged scale,of the other side of the two carriers when the outer one is withdrawnand the length of the stacker thereby reduced; Fig. 3, a similar viewwhen the outer carrier is extended; Fig. 4, a central vertical sectionon the frame-work which supports the straw stacker or carrier; 0, D, E,F, and G, the various belts and shafts by which power is communicatedfrom the machine A to the carriers; H I, the inner and outer carriers JK, shafts on the inner carrier; L M, shafts 011 the outer carrier; N, abelt passing over pulleys on said shafts; O, a spool-shaft on thecarrier H; P, ropes attached to spools 011 said shaft; and Q, thederrick for supporting, raising, and 1owering the outer ends of thestraw-carriers.

over a stationary floor.

The machine A may be any thrashing-machine capable of ordinary use,andshould be provided with a pulley from which to run a belt, 0, to apulley at a suitable point 011 the carrier or its supporting frame-work.

The frame-work B, belts and shafts G, D, E, F, and G, and derrick Q aresimilar to those shown in Letters Patent No. 27 4, 205, to Isaac G.Lindley, dated March 20, 1883. As they form 110 part of the presentinvention, a detailed description is unnecessary.

The straw-carriers H and I are secured together in such a manner thatthe latter can be moved along the former, so as to increase or decreasethe distance to which they will reach. The means for securing thecarriers together which I have devised consists of the two pieces h h,bolted fast to the sides of the carrier H, and extending down past thecarrier I to the bar 7L which connects them, and upon which said carrierI rests, and the pieces 2', bolted to the sides of the carrier I andextending up to grooves h in the sides of the carrier H, which theyenter, as shown most plainly in Fig. 7. I consider this constructiondesirable and ef fective, but do not wish to limit myself in thisparticular, as other forms or constructions might be used.

Each carrier consists'of the usual frame-work and traveling portion, thelatter usually consisting of belts and cross-slats, as is common. Iprefer, however, instead of the usual wooden floor, to attach canvas tothese slats and belts, and thus form a traveling floor, as such a floorwill carry the grain forward with greater ease and certainty than thecommon carrier passing The combined traveling floor and carrier thusformed rests and moves upon ledges 715, formed inside of thecarrier-frame, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Ant1- friction trucks 2" maybe employed in this connection, if desired, as shown in Fig. 8-.

The shaft J is provided with appropriate pulleys, and drives thetraveling portion of the carrier H, and through the belt N that of thecarrier 1. It is driven by the belt G, as shown in Fig. 1. The shaft Kis or maybe an idler-shaft bearing pulleys, over which the belt N andthetraveling portion of the carrier H pass, and rests in bearings onsaid carrier H. The shaft L is the driving-shaft of the carrier I, andcorresponds to the shaft .I, except that it is driven by the belt N,instead of driving said belt.

The shaft M carries the idler-pulley m, over which the belt N runs. Thebelt N runs from the pulleyj on the shaft J, over and around the pulleyit on the shaft K, under and around the pulley Z 011 the shaft L, underand around the pulley m on the shaft M, and back to the pulleyj. By thisarrangement it is enabled to drive both carriers in the same direction.It also permits the .pulleys 0, Z, and mto beat any desired pointbetween the pulleys j and k, and thus allows the carrier I to beextended or withdrawn at pleasure, thus allowing a greater or lessaggregate length of the carrier, as is shown by Figs. 3 and 2. As willalso be readily seen, (see especially Fig! 4,) the traveling portions ofthe two carriers are entirely independent of each other.

The spoolshaft O is provided with spools 0, to which the rope P isattached, and should have a crank, O, by which it may be turned. Therope I is attached to the spools 011 the spoolshaft O, and passes overtheidler-sheaves p on the carrier H. At a proper point, i, it isattached to the frame of the carrier I, and consequently when the shaft0 is turned it draws on the rope P and moves the carrier I out or back,as may be desired.

Having thus fully described my said inven tion, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with. two independent straw carriers connectedtogether and one adapted to movelongitudinally upon the other, of a beltrunning from the first to the second, and four pulleys, over which saidbelt passes, said pulleys being arranged, as described, so that saidbelt shall drive said second carrier uninterruptedly, notwithstandingthe varying relations of the two carriers, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the two carriers H and I, the four shafts J, K, L,and M, the pulleys thereon, the belt N, and means of moving one carrierupon or in relation to the other, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the carrier 1, the car rier H, formed with groovesh, the arms h h, secured to the carrier H and extending across and pastthe carrier I, the bar 7L2, connecting the arms h h, and the arms 6 i,secured to the carrier I and engaging grooves h, whereby the carriersare rendered capable of longitudinal adjustment in relation to oneanother, substantially as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, atElizabethtown, Indiana, this 6th day of March, A. D. 1883.

\VILLIAM H. ANDERSON.

